Letter C: Coin Piggy Bank, Coin Activities, Pretend Play Grocery Store (Day 2)
1) Coin Piggy Bank from Frogs, Snail & Puppy Dog Tails: Both my toddler boys loved making a sticker piggy bank! Decorate an empty puff's container, or any empty container, with stickers. We used peppa pig and letter C stickers (made from contact paper) and cut a small slit in the top to put coins into.
2) Coin Activities: There are so many great learning activities to do with coins.
- Insert Coins into a Piggy Bank
- Coin Sorting from The Measured Mom: I brought out our coin jar and showed my two all the coins. We talked each of the coins and discussed similarities and differences between them. We also put them in order from smallest to biggest. Start by sorting groups of two - big and little coins or silver and copper coins.
- Build Coin Towers: Stack as many coins as you can on top of each other.
- Counting Coin Identification Book from The Measured Mom. I thought this little book was a great introduction to coins. There are three versions ranging in difficulty of this book and we used the first version, which is the easiest. My two loved placing the coins in the circles.
- Make Patterns: I set out an ABAB pattern and pointed to the coins as I'd say, "big coin, little coin, big coin, little coin. Which coin comes next?" You can also print these Coin Pattern Strips from the Measured Mom (pictured below).
- Play Dough and Coins: My two has always loved play dough, so we added coins to our play dough today. My two loved stamping the coins in the play dough and making pretend monsters.
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- Drop coins in a fountain.
3) Pretend Play Grocery Store & Coins: My two loves pretend play, and loved being the cashier at our grocery store. Here's what you need:
- Cash Register (we used this cash register from Lakeshore Learning)
- Office Stickers
- Pretend Food
- Write numbers 1-10 (or whatever numbers you're working on) with a dollar sign on office stickers. Place the office stickers on your pretend food. Place the food around the room as a pretend grocery store.
- Go shopping together. Talk about the foods (colors, names, size, details, how many items you have in your basket, etc.) and how much they cost.
- My two loved being the cashier. I would ask him things like, "How much is this watermelon?" He would tell me the number on the watermelon and push its number match on his cash register.
